Spockcast - a Star Trek Discovery podcast

More Than Just Star Trek Discovery

About the show

Spock Cast is a podcast following the new Star Trek Discovery TV Show as well as other SciFi shows, books and movies. Each week Tim Mitra, Jaime Lopez Jr and Jonathan Kuehlein convene to discuss sci-fi TV shows, movies, books, comic books and games.

SPOILERS – The Star Trek Discovery S1.E4, and The Orville S1.E5 are discussed. We run the fact check on our own Episode 3. We follow with a Spoiler-Free review of Blade Runner 2049. We also follow up on the Blade Runner as film noir, the origin of "Director's Cut" and the official trailer for Star Wars - The Last Jedi. We discuss some new characters and some losses in Star Trek: Discovery - Episode 4 - "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry". After Trek brings us some new tidbits to chat about. We also discuss The Orville - Episode 5 - "Pria" which reunites Seth McFarland and Charlize Theron. Picks: Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, Pacific Rim Uprising, Replicas and Savage Dragon #227.

October 9th, 2017
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Season 1
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1 hr 58 secs

SPOILERS – The Star Trek Discovery S1.E3, and The Orville S1.E4 are discussed. This week answer our premier #askSpock about the lack of female leads in TOS. Jonathan Kuehleien joins us for a live fact check of our second episode. We discuss Blade Runner as an example of film noir. Star Trek Discovery's premier set Canadian broadcast records. We take a deep dive into Discovery Episode 3: “Context is for Kings” and The Orville Episode 4: “If the Stars Should Appear”. Picks: Blade Runner 2049

Spoilers - The Star Trek Discovery S1.E1 & S1.E2, and The Orville S1.E3 are discussed. We start off this week reviewing the fact check for Episode 1. We discuss posts by Joseph Mizzolli on winding down production of Dark Matter. We discuss The Vulcan Hello & Battle At The Binary Stars which both premiered on broadcast TV and CBS AllAccess. Tim discusses the premier of After Trek, hosted by Matt Mira. We discuss the third episode, About A Girl, of The Orville. Picks: Star Trek Discovery Badge & Lapel pin, Honest Trailers - Star Trek: The Next Generation.

We start in discussing the HiDef versions of Star Trek The Next Generation done in 2012. Linda Hamilton may return to the next Terminator movie. Alicia V will portray Lara Croft in the Tomb Raider reboot. Netflix is bringing the Punisher to TV. We follow up on Michael. We discuss the second episode of The Orville and the cancellation of Dark Matter, and the fan outcry!

This week we followup on which actor played Lurch in the Adam's Family, 1960's vs 1990's versions. We also discuss the Elaan of Troyius and a comparison of the HD effects update. The Orville has debuted and we breakdown the first episode which sets up the show. In the after show we discuss JJ Abrams set to to direct Star Wars IX.

In our first semiofficial episode we delve into what we think Star Trek: Discover will bring to the Star Trek universe. Tim also regales us with his chance meeting with The Doctor, Matt Smith, at Fan Expo Canada 2017 in Toronto. Why we pay so much for autographs and fan photos. Other star sightings and features of Fan Expo are covered as well. As usual, Jaime and Tim discuss various Sci-Fi franchises and actors. Tim answers whether the original 1960's Star Trek is his favorite series.